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Anna Speakman

Anna Weatherby Parry Speakman (1868 - 1933) was active/lived in Pennsylvania, Connecticut.  Anna Speakman is known for Book illustration, marine scene painting.

The following information is from Monica M. Dalide.

I own an A.W. Speakman painting - I wanted to know more about Speakman than I could find in the scant biographies on the Internet, so I conducted exhaustive research about her through public records. I have pieced together her education, her career, located her artist's studio and discovered when she first appeared in Philadelphia.  

First and foremost, Speakman did not die in Stamford, CT, nor did she ever reside in Connecticut. She passed away from "thrombosis of the basilar artery" in Presbyterian Hospital in Philadelphia, on February 20, 1933 per a Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Death Certificate.  I'm attaching a copy of that for your reference. You can see that she was the widow of Henry Speakman, whom she married in 1903. Her certificate lists her as being born in Illinois; but a 1900 census lists her state of birth as Ohio. Per that death certificate, her parents were John Parry and Anna Smith. The death   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4946 characters.]  Artist bio

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